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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:35Oh, yes. After that fantastic champion of champions competition, we're back to, I'm not going to say run of the mill Countdown because Countdown is never run of the mill, but we're back chasing more champions.
00:49Oh, yeah. So we've got two competitors, two new competitors. Well, one's new. One actually has already won four games. But I want to spend a couple of minutes on housework.
01:00Now, I know, Rachel, there are some people who are obsessive about cleanliness and housework. Oh, how they scrub and hoover and all the rest of it. But most of us, I think it's fair to say, doesn't much care for the housework.
01:12But what do you do, Rachel, about the other half, as I think people are termed, who can't be bothered and they leave it all to the other half?
01:22Well, if you're a desperate housewife and mother of four from Manchester, what you do is you pop an advertisement in the paper to recruit somebody who will come, in this case, to train her husband in housework.
01:39You're very extraordinary. Husband training. Yeah, husband training. Ten pounds an hour she was offering. Somebody to come and teach my husband how to do the housework.
01:50Don't tell Catherine about this because I have never done any housework and I do not intend to start now. Mind you, having said that, she doesn't do much either.
01:58Well, we've heard about you tidying up. The cat sick on the old cake slicer. Yeah, no, she did that.
02:04I pointed out the fact that the cat had been sick and she said, leave it alone. It'll go crispy and then I'll pick it up with the cake slicer.
02:12Free of charge, that information for everybody. It was brilliant. It works. It works. But housework in our place is a bit of a random thing.
02:20It's a big old shabby old place and somebody comes in once a week and clears things up. The bird feathers that the cats have killed.
02:26But, oh dear, oh dear. Should I be better at it? I suppose I should. But I suppose it puts me down just as a lazy and selfish person.
02:38What about you? Is your other half good at the housework?
02:41Well, I think maybe my mum and probably my brother's girlfriend would be listening to that ten pounds an hour person that's going to come in and train them.
02:48But Pasha's great. But I do describe him as a bit like one of those birds of paradise where I come home and everything's washed up.
02:54But then everything is neatly displayed all over the kitchen.
02:57Count your blessings. That's what I say.
03:00Who's back with us, Rachel? We've got Brendan back. Brendan Whitehurst.
03:04Welcome back, Brendan, from Derby. Works in the supermarket there. Four wins. Well done.
03:09Thank you. Good to be back.
03:10Absolutely.
03:10All right. Fired up and ready to go.
03:13You're ready to play Linda Nowotarski. Welcome, Linda.
03:17A retired government officer from Gatley in Greater Manchester.
03:21Loves her countdown, but is passionate about Man United. Is that right?
03:25Yes.
03:26Season ticket holder?
03:27Yes.
03:28Excellent stuff. Well, you're both very welcome. Have a lot of fun.
03:31Big round of applause now for Linda and Brendan.
03:33And over in the corner, Susie, of course, joined once again. It's great to have you back.
03:45Historian, writer, presenter, Susanna Lipscomb. Welcome back.
03:49Lovely to be here.
03:49Now, Brendan, let's get things underway, shall we? Let us go.
03:58Lovely. Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:59Afternoon, Brendan.
04:00Can I have a consonant, please?
04:01Thank you. Start today with L.
04:04And a vowel.
04:05O.
04:06And a consonant.
04:08S.
04:09And a vowel.
04:11E.
04:12And a consonant.
04:15G.
04:16And a vowel.
04:16U.
04:19And a consonant.
04:20N.
04:21And a vowel.
04:24I.
04:25And a final consonant, please.
04:26And a final T.
04:28And here's the countdown clock.
04:41Well, Brendan.
05:01I've got seven.
05:02A seven.
05:04And Linda?
05:04Six.
05:05And you're six, Linda.
05:07Losing.
05:08Brendan?
05:09Lounges.
05:10Yes, very nice.
05:12There we go.
05:14And in the corner now, Susanna and Susie.
05:18Outlines.
05:18Yes.
05:19For eight.
05:21Yeah.
05:22And there's also lignus, something that is made of wood or resembles wood.
05:28Well done.
05:31Lignus.
05:33Lignus I could have coped with, but why lignus?
05:36It's from the Latin, lignus, meaning resembling wood.
05:39Simply from the Romans.
05:40OK.
05:41Thanks for that.
05:41Seven points to Brendan.
05:43And it's Linda's letters game now.
05:45Linda.
05:45Hi, Rachel.
05:46Hi, Linda.
05:47Can you have a consonant, please?
05:48You can indeed.
05:49S.
05:50And another.
05:52N.
05:53And a vowel.
05:55O.
05:56And another.
05:58E.
05:59Consonant.
06:00S.
06:01And a vowel.
06:04A.
06:05Consonant.
06:07D.
06:09A vowel.
06:11E.
06:12And a consonant, please.
06:14And lastly, N.
06:17Stand by.
06:17And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:19And a vowel.
06:20And a vowel.
06:20And a vowel.
06:20And a vowel.
06:21And a vowel.
06:21And a vowel.
06:22And a vowel.
06:22And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:23And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:24And a vowel.
06:25And a vowel.
06:25And a vowel.
06:25And a vowel.
06:25And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:27And a vowel.
06:27And a vowel.
06:27And a vowel.
06:28And a vowel.
06:28And a vowel.
06:28And a vowel.
06:29And a vowel.
06:29And a vowel.
06:30And a vowel.
06:31And a vowel.
06:31and a vowel.
06:32And a vowel.
06:47linda eight and eight yes and eight as well two eights linda seasoned and brendan season
06:58and in the corner susanna susie yes we had the same seasoned yeah yeah we had a slightly weird
07:12word dunness and the extent to which food is cooked so the example is check the meat for
07:17dunness during the last 20 minutes of cooking dunness yeah right now will you stick the
07:22thermometer in to test the dunness all right thank you 15 plays eight brendan 15 brendan's
07:29numbers game yes sir can have an inverted t please rachel you can indeed thank you brendan one large
07:34and five little coming up and the first numbers game of the day is eight five four three nine and
07:43the large one 100 and the target 485 485
07:49so
07:56Brendan.
08:214.85.
08:23Linda.
08:234.85.
08:25No, Brendan.
08:26I did 100 minus 3.
08:27100 minus 3, 97.
08:29And times 5.
08:30Perfect.
08:314.85.
08:32Linda.
08:33100 times 5.
08:34500.
08:363 plus 8 plus 4.
08:383, 8 and 4.
08:39Yep.
08:41Take away.
08:42Perfect.
08:424.85 again.
08:43There we go.
08:43Well done.
08:48So nothing in it.
08:49It's 25 to 18.
08:50Linda on 18 as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is get garage.
08:55And the clue, you might find the overall total score on a building site.
09:01You might find the overall total score on a building site.
09:05Welcome back.
09:22I left with the clue.
09:23You might find the overall total score on a building site.
09:28And the answer to that is aggregate.
09:30Aggregate.
09:31Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com to request
09:38an application form or write to us at contestants' applications countdown leads LS31JS.
09:48So 25 to 18.
09:50In Brendan's favour, Linda, your letters again.
09:53A consonant, please.
09:55Thank you, Linda.
09:55And the last one.
10:24You.
10:25Stand by.
10:56Linda.
10:59Six.
11:00A six.
11:01Brendan.
11:01A risky six, I think.
11:03Ooh.
11:04Linda.
11:05Rosier.
11:06Brendan.
11:07Rouser.
11:10Yeah, not risky at all.
11:11You can be a rouser.
11:12Very good, Brendan.
11:13And in the corner, Susanna.
11:16We have ferrous for seven.
11:18Yeah.
11:18Yeah, made of iron.
11:20Iron, yeah.
11:21Yeah.
11:22Susie.
11:22That was our best, actually.
11:23That's it?
11:24Yeah.
11:2531 to 24.
11:28Brendan, your letters came.
11:29Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:31Thank you, Brendan.
11:32T.
11:33And a vowel.
11:34O.
11:35And a consonant.
11:37B.
11:38And a vowel.
11:40I.
11:41And a consonant.
11:43L.
11:43And a vowel.
11:45E.
11:46And a consonant.
11:48T.
11:49And a vowel.
11:50O.
11:52And a consonant, please.
11:54And a final N.
11:56Stand by.
11:57By the way.
12:09And a vowel.
12:14And a vowel.
12:19And a vowel.
12:21Brendan?
12:28I've got six.
12:30Linda?
12:31Six.
12:31Now then, Brendan?
12:32Pootle.
12:34Pootle and?
12:35Polite.
12:37And polite.
12:37Mm-hm.
12:38Can we beat it, Susanna?
12:40We can with seven peloton.
12:43The peloton in road racing, yeah?
12:46Cycling.
12:46Cycling, yeah.
12:48Comes from French for small ball
12:49because the group's so concentrated in a pack.
12:51It's amazing how they can cycle at speeds
12:54when they're all touching handlebars.
12:57Amazing.
12:58Great sport.
12:58Le peloton.
12:5937 to 30.
13:01Seven points in it.
13:02Linda, it's your numbers game.
13:03Off we go.
13:04One larger and five small, please.
13:06Thank you, Linda.
13:07One from the top, five not from the top.
13:10And the second numbers game is three, seven, nine, four, seven, and 25.
13:17And this target, 831.
13:21Eight, three, one.
13:22One from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top, five not from the top,
13:52Well, Linda?
13:55832.
13:56One away. Brendan?
13:58832.
13:59Both of you. Linda?
14:029 times 4 is 36.
14:059 times 4, 36.
14:07Minus 3.
14:08Minus 3, 33.
14:11Times 25.
14:12Times 25 for 825.
14:16And add 7.
14:18And add 7. One away. Well done.
14:20Now then, Brendan.
14:23Added 7 plus 4 is 11.
14:257 plus 4, 11.
14:27Times 3 for 33.
14:29And then times 25.
14:31Times 25, 825.
14:32And add the other 7.
14:34And the other 7 that you haven't used. Lovely.
14:37Good, but not perfect.
14:40Perfect is 831.
14:41Is it possible, Rachel?
14:42I found one way.
14:43If you start a similar way,
14:45so 7 plus 4 is 11.
14:47Times 25 is 275.
14:52And then 9 minus the other 7 is 2.
14:55Add that on for 277.
14:57And then times that by 3.
14:59Fantastic.
15:00That's perfect.
15:05Perfect.
15:06Thanks, Rachel.
15:0744 to 37.
15:09Brendan on that 44.
15:10As we turn now to Susanna,
15:13the historian Susanna,
15:15whose book,
15:15The Voices of Neem,
15:17is just out.
15:18I don't want to sort of embarrass you,
15:20but let me just read a quote here.
15:22This is a beautiful book,
15:24grippingly written,
15:25and destined to be a classic
15:27of social history.
15:29Now, I'm not saying that.
15:30That'll be from Professor Sir Simon Sharma.
15:32Not bad, eh?
15:33Not bad.
15:34It's fantastic.
15:35But, Susanna,
15:36what are you going to talk about today?
15:37Well, I'm going to talk about
15:38some other women in the 16th century.
15:40Henry VIII's wives.
15:41So, starting with Catherine of Aragon,
15:42I thought that this is
15:43an interesting woman
15:44because she stayed strong
15:45despite lots of hardships.
15:47So, she was born Catalina,
15:48the daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon
15:49and Isabella of Spain.
15:51So, she had a powerful example
15:52of female rule.
15:54And from the age of three,
15:55she was betrothed
15:56to the English prince Arthur.
15:57She left home at the age of 15
15:59to marry him
16:00and never saw her parents
16:01or homeland again.
16:03And when she arrived,
16:04she was married
16:05at St Paul's Cathedral
16:06in white satin,
16:07the first English bride
16:08to do so.
16:09But he died
16:10after five months
16:11of marriage, Arthur.
16:12And so, we've got
16:13poor 16-year-old Catherine
16:14left as this lonely widow
16:16in a foreign land,
16:18barely able to speak the language
16:19and kept in relative poverty
16:21by her father-in-law,
16:22Henry VII.
16:23She wrote to her father
16:23at one point
16:24saying that she had
16:25to sell some bracelets
16:26in order to buy a robe
16:28because she was all but naked.
16:30But thankfully for her,
16:31the old king died
16:31before long
16:32and she was married
16:33to the fresh young prince,
16:34Henry VIII,
16:35and now king
16:36and they were crowned together.
16:38But as you probably know,
16:39they were besieged
16:41by a series of miscarriages
16:43and stillbirths
16:44and heartbreaking infant mortalities.
16:46Of the six pregnancies,
16:47only one daughter,
16:49Mary, survived.
16:50But she was a strong queen.
16:52She was queen regent
16:53when Henry went to war
16:54and she managed to defeat
16:56an invading Scots army
16:58at the Battle of Floddenfield
16:59and actually sent Henry
17:00the bloodied coat
17:02of James IV,
17:03the king of Scotland,
17:04as a sort of indication
17:05of her success.
17:07But nevertheless,
17:07after 22 years of marriage,
17:09Henry put her aside
17:10for another woman,
17:11departed one morning
17:12without even saying goodbye
17:13and as a sort of final indignity,
17:15a year later,
17:15told her to send over her jewels
17:17so the new queen
17:18could wear them.
17:19Oh dear.
17:20It's a bit harsh, isn't it?
17:21And what's amazing is
17:22just a month before she died,
17:25she wrote to him saying,
17:26I make this vow
17:28that my eyes desire
17:29to see you above all things.
17:30Catherine the queen.
17:32So I love that.
17:32It's loving,
17:33but it's also completely defiant
17:35until the end.
17:35I'm the queen.
17:36So before she died.
17:38Very good.
17:43Now then,
17:4324 to 37,
17:45Brendan in the lead
17:47and it's Brendan we turn to.
17:48Yes, sir.
17:49Can I have a consonant,
17:50please, Rachel?
17:51Thank you, Brendan.
17:51K.
17:52And a vowel.
17:54A.
17:55And a consonant.
17:57R.
17:58And a vowel.
18:00E.
18:01And a consonant.
18:03G.
18:04And a vowel.
18:06E.
18:07And a consonant.
18:08V.
18:09And a vowel.
18:11O.
18:12And final consonant, please.
18:14And a final P.
18:15Stand by.
18:21Second permane.
18:22And a vowel.
18:22操ct.
18:23Whereas.
18:36And a vowel.
18:36And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:38The sound.
18:38And a vowel.
18:39And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:40And a vowel.
18:42And a vowel.
18:42Brendan?
18:48I've got seven.
18:50Linda?
18:50Five.
18:51And your five, Linda?
18:53Grove.
18:54Grove and?
18:55Overage.
18:56It's actually there as overage and overage.
19:00Overage being an excess or surplus in a business,
19:03but overage also has no hyphen, so very good for seven.
19:06Well done.
19:06Yeah.
19:06Well done.
19:07Susanna and Susie?
19:09Yes, I've got overage as well.
19:11Oh, you've got another one.
19:13There's a geopark, which is a UNESCO-designated area
19:17of geological importance, a geopark.
19:21All right, a geopark.
19:23Now, 51 to 37.
19:25Linda?
19:26Letters came.
19:27Good luck.
19:27Consonant, please.
19:28Thank you, Linda.
19:29J.
19:30And another one.
19:32S.
19:33The third.
19:35R.
19:36And a vowel.
19:38I.
19:39Another one.
19:41E.
19:41Consonant.
19:43D.
19:46Vowel.
19:47A.
19:50Consonant.
19:52L.
19:54And a vowel.
19:56And a final I.
19:58Countdown.
19:59And a vowel.
20:00And a vowel.
20:00And a vowel.
20:01And a vowel.
20:01And a vowel.
20:02And a vowel.
20:02And a vowel.
20:02And a vowel.
20:02And a vowel.
20:03And a vowel.
20:03And a vowel.
20:04And a vowel.
20:04And a vowel.
20:04And a vowel.
20:05And a vowel.
20:05And a vowel.
20:05And a vowel.
20:05And a vowel.
20:05And a vowel.
20:06And a vowel.
20:06And a vowel.
20:06And a vowel.
20:06And a vowel.
20:07And a vowel.
20:07And a vowel.
20:08And a vowel.
20:08And a vowel.
20:09And a vowel.
20:09And a vowel.
20:10And a vowel.
20:10And a vowel.
20:11And a vowel.
20:11And a vowel.
20:12And a vowel.
20:12And a vowel.
20:12And a vowel.
20:13And a vowel.
20:29Linda.
20:31Five.
20:33And seven.
20:33And seven.
20:34Linda.
20:35Jades.
20:37And dairies.
20:38Yeah.
20:39Dairies.
20:39Dairies.
20:40Very good.
20:41Nice seven.
20:42Hmm.
20:42What's the corner got to offer us?
20:44Susanna?
20:45We have some more sevens.
20:46Yes.
20:47Airside.
20:49Redials.
20:50Yeah.
20:51And jailers.
20:52So quite a few sevens.
20:53And jailers.
20:5458 to 37.
20:56Brendan, your numbers game.
20:59One large and five small.
21:00These are eight, jail.
21:01Thank you, Brendan.
21:02Same again.
21:03One from the top, bro.
21:04And this time they are eight.
21:07Three.
21:08One.
21:09Six.
21:10Nine.
21:11And the large one, 100.
21:13And the target, 558.
21:15Five.
21:16Five eight.
21:16Five eight.
21:29Nine.
21:48Brandon?
21:49Yeah, 558.
21:51And Linda?
21:52Five, five, five.
21:54Right.
21:54So, Brendan, off we go.
21:56So, I did 8 minus 1 is 7.
21:588 minus 1 is 7.
21:59100 minus 7 is 93.
22:00It is indeed.
22:01And times by 6.
22:02Perfect.
22:035, 5, 8.
22:04Well done.
22:09Well done.
22:10If you're sure you're there, but still, 68 to 37.
22:13Not a million miles away as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
22:16which is unnoticed.
22:18And the clue, the busker's music was largely unnoticed,
22:22but it carried on playing anyway.
22:23The busker's music was largely unnoticed,
22:27but he carried on playing anyway.
22:43Welcome back.
22:44I left with the clue, the busker's music was largely unnoticed,
22:48but he carried on playing anyway.
22:49And the answer to that one is, he continued, anyway.
22:56Continued.
22:57So, 68 to 37.
22:59Linda, your letters came.
23:00A consonant, please.
23:02Thank you, Linda.
23:02R.
23:04And another.
23:05T.
23:06And a third.
23:08S.
23:09And a vowel.
23:11A.
23:12Another.
23:13I.
23:13Consonant.
23:15G.
23:17Consonant.
23:18Q.
23:20Vowel.
23:22O.
23:23Vowel.
23:24And lastly, A.
23:28Countdown.
23:32MUSIC CONTINUES
24:02And six.
24:03And a six, one point, isn't it?
24:05Linda?
24:06Roast.
24:07Roast and?
24:08Aortas.
24:09Aortas, yeah, very nice.
24:12Very good.
24:13Susanna?
24:14I'm afraid we've only got six as well.
24:16Ratios.
24:17Yes.
24:18Yeah, and Argos, as in dialects, little sort of languages.
24:23But that was it for us.
24:23With a silent T?
24:25Yeah.
24:2674 to 37.
24:28Brendan.
24:29Brendan, off we go.
24:30Letters game.
24:30Lovely.
24:31Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:32Thank you, Brendan.
24:33T.
24:34And a vowel.
24:36I.
24:37And a consonant.
24:38V.
24:39And a vowel.
24:41U.
24:42And a consonant.
24:44S.
24:45And a vowel.
24:46A.
24:47And a consonant.
24:48P.
24:49And a vowel.
24:51E.
24:52And a consonant, please.
24:53And lastly, C.
24:56Stand by.
24:56Stand by.
24:56And a vowel.
24:57And a vowel.
24:58And a vowel.
24:58And a vowel.
24:59And a vowel.
24:59And a vowel.
24:59And a vowel.
25:00And a vowel.
25:00And a vowel.
25:00And a vowel.
25:01And a vowel.
25:01And a vowel.
25:02And a vowel.
25:02And a vowel.
25:02And a vowel.
25:02And a vowel.
25:02And a vowel.
25:03And a vowel.
25:03And a vowel.
25:03And a vowel.
25:03And a vowel.
25:04And a vowel.
25:04And a vowel.
25:04And a vowel.
25:05And a vowel.
25:06And a vowel.
25:06And a vowel.
25:06And a vowel.
25:07And a vowel.
25:08And a vowel.
25:08And a vowel.
25:09And a vowel.
25:10And a vowel.
25:10And a vowel.
25:11And a vowel.
25:12Now, Brendan.
25:29Eight.
25:29An eight and?
25:31Eight.
25:32Two eights.
25:32Brendan.
25:33Captives.
25:34Yes?
25:35Same word.
25:36There we go.
25:37Yeah.
25:42Any more eights there?
25:44Susie, Susanna?
25:45No, that was our best, actually.
25:47That's it?
25:47For eight.
25:48Well done.
25:48Yeah.
25:4982 to 45.
25:51Susie, we're braced for your wonderful origins of words.
25:55What have you for us today?
25:56Thanks, Nick.
25:57Well, I've been doing quite a lot of work recently with the English Project, which is a wonderful
26:01charity at the University of Winchester.
26:04And they are just trying to spread the word, basically, about the history of English and
26:10just, you know, just spreading the passion, really, which is important, too.
26:13And one of the things they've been looking at is women in English and how women have been
26:17represented over the centuries in our language.
26:21So I thought I would just look at the word woman itself to begin with, because the reason
26:26people don't tend to like it is that they think it's predicated on those three letters
26:30man, and that it includes a man.
26:32But actually, that's not completely true, because if you go back to Old English and Anglo-Saxon,
26:37man actually meant a human being.
26:39It was irrespective of gender.
26:42So you could have a male man or a female man.
26:45We know it came from Germanic invaders.
26:46It may have come over from an ancient root, meaning man, but also it might have come from
26:51a root, meaning mind, because that was thought of as being distinctive of human beings.
26:55So we're not quite sure what his ancient history is.
26:58But certainly for the Anglo-Saxons, that didn't matter.
27:00It simply meant a human being.
27:01And if you wanted to refer to a female person or a male person, you would use weif, wife,
27:07as it became in English for a woman, or wer, W-E-R for a man.
27:13Now that weif, although we talk about wife now as a sort of married person, that simply
27:16meant woman.
27:17So for Chaucer, the wife of Bath was simply the woman of Bath.
27:21Wer gave us werewolf, man, wolf, and that eventually fell out of use.
27:26And it was only much later that man came to mean a male human being.
27:30And a weif man was a female person.
27:34And that, it was that word that gave us woman.
27:36So it was that that kind of was contracted to give us woman in the end.
27:39So in fact, it's really not a male word, man.
27:42At least it certainly wasn't originally, which is why woman doesn't necessarily have that
27:47sort of, you know, that whole kind of predicated on men thought to it.
27:51But the effort to change the language around women is completely unsurprising.
27:54And I'm going to talk in the next few days about words that just show how they've been
27:58perceived in history, and in fact, still are.
28:01Oh, very good.
28:05Thank you, Susie.
28:1182 to 45 sees Brendan in the lead.
28:14Linda, your letters again.
28:16Consonant, please.
28:18Thank you, Linda.
28:19M.
28:20And another.
28:21T.
28:22The third.
28:24P.
28:25And the vowel.
28:27I.
28:28And another.
28:29E.
28:30Consonant.
28:32L.
28:34Vowel.
28:36O.
28:38Consonant.
28:40D.
28:42And vowel, please.
28:45And a final E.
28:47Stand by.
28:47I.
28:59And I'm.
29:00I'm.
29:01See you again.
29:03I.
29:03, and I's.
29:03I'm.
29:05And if.
29:06I'm.
29:06I'm.
29:06I'm.
29:06And I'm.
29:07I'm.
29:08I'm.
29:08I'm.
29:09I'm.
29:09I'm.
29:10I'm.
29:11Linda.
29:19Seven.
29:20Brendan.
29:21Seven.
29:22Linda.
29:23Implode.
29:24Brendan.
29:25And piloted.
29:26Yeah, very good.
29:27Two good words, yeah.
29:28Susanna.
29:29We just had another seven.
29:31Epitome.
29:32The epitome.
29:34Yeah.
29:35Susie.
29:35That was it.
29:36Implode and epitome for us.
29:37Epitome.
29:38Yeah.
29:38Very good.
29:3989 to 52, Brendan.
29:41Final letters game.
29:43Lovely.
29:44Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:45Thank you, Brendan.
29:47T.
29:47And a vowel.
29:50A.
29:50And a consonant.
29:53N.
29:53And a vowel.
29:56I.
29:56And a consonant.
29:58G.
29:59And a vowel.
30:00E.
30:01And a consonant.
30:04R.
30:04And a vowel.
30:07U.
30:08And a final consonant, please.
30:10And a final W.
30:12Countdown.
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30:21Brendan.
30:44An eight.
30:45An eight, Linda.
30:47Five.
30:48And a five, your five.
30:49Twain.
30:50Twain, now then.
30:52Watering.
30:52Yeah, well spotted.
30:54And watering.
30:55Very good.
31:00Strong performance there, Brendan.
31:02What have we got in the corner, I wonder?
31:04We can't beat them.
31:05Watering is our best as well.
31:08Yeah, we had Gaunter for seven.
31:10Otherwise, more Gaunt.
31:13So, 97 to 52, into the final numbers game.
31:16Good luck, Linda.
31:18Two large and four small.
31:19Thank you, Linda.
31:21Two from the top.
31:22To finish the day, and this final selection is two, seven, four, five, and the big ones,
31:2950 and 100.
31:31And the target, 962.
31:339-6-2.
31:35.
32:05Linda.
32:07No, I've lost it.
32:11Brendan.
32:11I've just got 959.
32:13959, all right.
32:15Let's hear.
32:16I've done 7 plus 2 is 9.
32:197 plus 2, 9.
32:21Times 100 is 900.
32:23900.
32:24And then add 55 and 4.
32:2650 and the 5 and the 4.
32:28Three away, 959.
32:30Well done.
32:31I wonder whether Rachel can help us.
32:33962, Rachel?
32:35Leave it with me, Nick.
32:37Certainly will.
32:38So it's 104.
32:39Brendan, 104.
32:40Great score.
32:42Linda, 52.
32:43It's a brave shot.
32:44Brave shot as we go into the final round.
32:46Fingers on buzzers.
32:48Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:50Linda.
33:02He's activated.
33:03He's activated.
33:05Let's have a look and see whether you're right.
33:08Yes, you're right.
33:10Well done.
33:12Well done.
33:13You feel better, don't you?
33:17Yes.
33:18So you should.
33:20Well done.
33:20You got the conundrum.
33:2262, 2.
33:22We have Brendan's powerful 104.
33:25So we say goodbye to you.
33:27But you go home with a conundrum under your belt.
33:29And a goodie bag.
33:30Yes.
33:30So thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:33Well done.
33:33Well done, Brendan.
33:35Thank you, Nick.
33:36Five.
33:37Not bad, eh?
33:38Yes.
33:39All right.
33:39We'll see you tomorrow.
33:40See you tomorrow.
33:40Well done.
33:41And we'll see Susanna and Susie tomorrow, both of you.
33:45And Rachel, I bet you've done it.
33:47Yes.
33:48A few dead ends, but I should have got this one.
33:49If you say 50 divided by 5 is 10, and then 100 minus 4, 96,
33:56times them together for 960 and add on the 2.
33:59So slap wrist.
34:00Perfect as always.
34:07Thanks, Rachel.
34:08We'll see you tomorrow.
34:09See you tomorrow.
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